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Teton Waters Ranch mushroom-beef burgers

Product Development

Teton Waters Ranch announces two grass-fed beef products

Breakfast sausage links for sale, mushroom-beef burger in development

October 30, 2018

Teton Waters Ranch is taking on the pork and poultry sausages in the frozen aisle with new grass-fed beef breakfast links. The company also announced it is developing frozen beef-mushroom burgers.

Food Packaging

StePac's new lid helps cherries get to China

Rose Shilling

October 29, 2018

A new resealable film cover for cherry containers from packaging manufacturer StePac will help the company meet the demand it sees for the fruit in China, requiring lengthy shipping times.

Food Packaging

Lunchbox packages leave room for notes

Rose Shilling

October 22, 2018

Companies selling chips and treats for lunchboxes offered back-to-school packages with space for parents to write notes to their children, with an option to add braille stickers on Rice Krispies Treats.

Food Safety

How processors can improve supply chain safety

New regulations, blockchain buzz and consumer demand have new ideas swirling about how connected partners should be when tracking food and keeping it safe

Rose Shilling

October 15, 2018

Big shifts in thinking about the supply chain are shaking up the food and beverage industry.

Food Packaging

Snack QR codes give glyphosate info

Testing for weedkiller added due to questions about possible health effects

Rose Shilling

October 15, 2018

ZEGO now offers QR codes on its fruit-and-seed bars and snack mixes with the results of tests checking for traces of the widely used weedkiller glyphosate, which is under scrutiny in court.

Industry news

Viking Plastic, Accu-Seal agree to distribution deal

Plan expands Accu-Seal’s presence in upper Midwest

Rose Shilling

October 10, 2018

Sealing machinery manufacturer Accu-Seal SencorpWhite Inc. announced it reached a distribution agreement with Viking Plastic Packaging / Reliable Packaging Systems

Packaging

Anheuser-Busch InBev, DS Smith Plastics win reusable packaging award

AB InBev streamlined keg handling, and DS Smith’s recyclable transit container improved efficiency

Rose Shilling

October 9, 2018

Anheuser-Busch InBev and DS Smith Plastics are winners of the 2018 Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award for innovations that reduced CO2 impact.

Industry news

Sheetz chairman: Focus on customer experience key to convenience store growth

Constant evolution required to compete for quick-stop customers

Rose Shilling

October 8, 2018

Convenience stores are always changing and must improve shoppers’ experiences to overcome increased competition, the president and CEO of the Sheetz store chain says.

Food Safety

Deli-loaf hams recalled due to possible Listeria

One death linked to the bacteria

Rose Shilling

October 4, 2018

Johnston County Hams is recalling about 90,000 pounds of ready-to-eat ham products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, linked by government officials to one death.

Industry news

PureCircle grows more stevia in US to meet demand

Food and beverage uses of zero-calorie sweetener drives planting to new regions

Rose Shilling

September 27, 2018

Stevia sweetener producer PureCircle will harvest its first commercial-scale crop of a variety it’s growing in North Carolina, part of an effort to adapt the plant to more regions of the world and boost production to meet growing demand.